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He Collapsed My Lungs & Ended Up WANTED w/ Kristin Swan (TW abuse) | The Hopeaholics Podcast #345

37 minutes Posted Jul 17, 2026 at 12:00 am.

Cold Open

Kristin Arrives

Growing Up in Lakeville, MA

Mom's Death After Mother's Day

Losing Two Cousins to Fentanyl

First Drink at 14 / Bipolar Diagnosis at 15

Lithium, Voices, and Psych Hospitals

Parents' Divorce / Dad's Breakdown

Moving to Tampa

Rebellion

Life After Basketball

The Abusive Relationship

New Year's Eve in a Blizzard

The Attack: Body Slammed, Both Lungs Collapsed

Hiding in the Bushes / Ambulance Arrives

Emergency Surgery / Boston Medical

Love Addiction: Why We Stay

First Recovery at 20 / DV Shelter

Dancing, Fast Money, and Relapse

The Program, a Sponsor, and the Promises

On Relapse, Shame, and Coming Back

Orange County Recovery Scene / Bonfire Meetings

Therapy, EMDR, and Healing Trauma

Building an Agency / New Beginnings

Her Relationship with God

Rosary Beads and Dreams of Her Mother

The Morning Routine That Keeps Her Grounded

An 11th Chance

Day at a Time / Wrap-Up

Closing / Final Message

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He Collapsed My Lungs & Ended Up WANTED w/ Kristin Swan (TW abuse) | The Hopeaholics Podcast #345 Kristin grew up in Lakeville, Massachusetts, an hour south of Boston, in a house where disease was already present before she arrived at it. Her mother drank and went to meetings and died the day right after Mother's Day. Both her cousins are gone from fentanyl poisoning. By 15 she was cycling in and out of psychiatric hospitals, diagnosed bipolar, put on lithium, hearing voices. She hadn't ...

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